Abstract

This study on family systems and social participation in rural adult women had the objective of describing social participation in the family systemic framework of adult women in a rural context. The study used a qualitative methodology, based on a phenomenological approach, considering a non-probabilistic, purposive sampling from 5 semi-structured interviews with rural adult women from the communes of Mulchen and Parral. The data analysis was carried out based on a content analysis that reflects the dimensions of the experience and field observation as the most important characteristics of the context. The results obtained are visualized through the categories of family system, rural women's activity and social participation, elements that account for common ties and interests, as well as cultural roles and established and non-established functions.